Geniza Březnice
Geniza synagogy v Březnici
On-line exhibition
Korespondence, 1851 - 1900
Miska, 1890 - 1910
Talíř, 1850 - 1899
Šofar (2 části)
Mísa, 1850 - 1899
Miska - fragment (2 ks)
Lahvička, 1890 - 1910
Aravot (5 ks) a očko pro uchycení k lulavu (1 ks)
My Dear Robert
One of the key roles of the Holocaust Documentation Department is the preservation and care of family archives.Most often,...
V synagoze na půdě
Co je to geniza?
Geniza je zvyk odkládání předmětů, které již neplní svou roli v náboženském životě...
Souvenirs from the Sea
The collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague also contains a small and rather curious group of objects in the form of sea...
Left-handed Torah pointers
The Torah, which contains the Five Books of Moses, is the central concept of the Jewish religion. In its physical form, it is a...
Dragons and Cornucopias – Tomáš...
The Torah is a central feature of the Jewish religion. In its physical form, it is a parchment scroll containing the Five Books...
The Yahrzeit Is Not a Season
In a small-town shul (synagogue) there’s a dispute about who should daven shacharit (say morning prayers) far’n omed (at...
Going into Battle with Prayer. The...
During World War II Jews from Czechoslovakia significantly participated in the fight against Nazi Germany. They were entering the...
"I no longer have to be afraid of...
"I'm glad I've had this opportunity to recall my parents in this way. By remembering them, I think I've prolonged their lives,...
I regard the parents as the heroes
Zuzana Marešová is one of “Winton's children” who managed to escape Nazi persecution in 1939, thanks to the unprecedented...
The unKnown
The Photo Archive of the Jewish Museum in Prague contains hundreds of photographs about which very little was known just a few...
Terezín collection on-line!
During WWII, the ghetto Terezín (Theresienstadt) was one of the major sites of suffering and death for the Jews of the Bohemian...
“You are now my only hope.” The...
The collection of letters from their family to brothers Oskar, Moses (Max) and Norbert (Bubik, Bertie) who, after the occupation...
